Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021)
Background and aims: Since the acceptance of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) as a “disorder due to addictive behaviors”, research has proliferated exponentially. The present review focuses on the conceptualization of IGD, its diagnosis and assessment, associated factors and existing prevention and tr...
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| author | Gemma Mestre-Bach Fernando Fernandez-Aranda Susana Jiménez-Murcia |
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| description | Background and aims: Since the acceptance of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) as a “disorder due to addictive behaviors”, research has proliferated exponentially. The present review focuses on the conceptualization of IGD, its diagnosis and assessment, associated factors and existing prevention and treatment plans to address it. Results and conclusions: The discrepancies between the diagnostic criteria for IGD proposed by the two central diagnostic entities, as well as the questioning of their clinical validity, have generated multiple proposals for the diagnosis and psychometric evaluation of IGD. Likewise, there have been numerous suggestions to prevent this pathology, with the involvement of governments, the gaming industry and health institutions. Finally, multiple treatment plans have been proposed, both pharmacological and psychological, although only the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy has been tested. It is essential, therefore, to delve deeper into this disorder by addressing the central limitations of the current literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-87a0f5523bfe4fa0b1996e54421253802022-12-22T00:55:11ZengElsevierComprehensive Psychiatry0010-440X2022-07-01116152319Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021)Gemma Mestre-Bach0Fernando Fernandez-Aranda1Susana Jiménez-Murcia2Universidad Internacional de La Rioja, La Rioja, Spain; Corresponding authors at: Universidad Internacional de la Rioja, La Rioja, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Ciències Clíniques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain; Psychoneurobiology of Eating and Addictive Behaviors Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), 08907 Barcelona, Spain; Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Psychiatry, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Ciències Clíniques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain; Psychoneurobiology of Eating and Addictive Behaviors Group, Institut d’Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), 08907 Barcelona, Spain; Ciber Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Corresponding authors at: University of Barcelona Faculty of Medicine: Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut SpainBackground and aims: Since the acceptance of Internet gaming disorder (IGD) as a “disorder due to addictive behaviors”, research has proliferated exponentially. The present review focuses on the conceptualization of IGD, its diagnosis and assessment, associated factors and existing prevention and treatment plans to address it. Results and conclusions: The discrepancies between the diagnostic criteria for IGD proposed by the two central diagnostic entities, as well as the questioning of their clinical validity, have generated multiple proposals for the diagnosis and psychometric evaluation of IGD. Likewise, there have been numerous suggestions to prevent this pathology, with the involvement of governments, the gaming industry and health institutions. Finally, multiple treatment plans have been proposed, both pharmacological and psychological, although only the efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy has been tested. It is essential, therefore, to delve deeper into this disorder by addressing the central limitations of the current literature.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000256Online gamingAddictive behaviorTreatmentDiagnosisEtiology |
| spellingShingle | Gemma Mestre-Bach Fernando Fernandez-Aranda Susana Jiménez-Murcia Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021) Comprehensive Psychiatry Online gaming Addictive behavior Treatment Diagnosis Etiology |
| title | Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021) |
| title_full | Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021) |
| title_fullStr | Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021) |
| title_short | Exploring Internet gaming disorder: an updated perspective of empirical evidence (from 2016 to 2021) |
| title_sort | exploring internet gaming disorder an updated perspective of empirical evidence from 2016 to 2021 |
| topic | Online gaming Addictive behavior Treatment Diagnosis Etiology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X22000256 |
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